Date: May 12th 2006

05 12 06

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-3749

George H Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla (321) 867-2468

STATUS REPORT: ELV-051206

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Mission: Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) Launch Site: 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta II Launch Date: July 22, 2006 Launch Time: 3:11 - 3:13 p m and 4:19 - 4:34 p m EDT

Technicians completed state-of-health testing of the two STEREO spacecraft this week, following their May 3 arrival in Florida Individual system checkout is under way

The STEREO flight batteries are scheduled to be installed next week The build-up of the Delta II rocket at Pad 17-B is scheduled to begin during the last week of May

For previous status reports, visit:

http://www nasa gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2006

STEREO will use "3D" vision to build a global picture of the sun and its influences For more information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/stereo

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov/home

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